Agfa Monotype Releases 30 Exclusive Monotype Font Products On Fonts.com

WILMINGTON, Mass. & SALFORDS, Surrey, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2004--Thirty exclusive products from Agfa Monotype Corp. are now available from Fonts.com. Released through the company's Monotype(R) foundry, the new fonts make up the Smart Sans(TM), Neo Sans(TM) and Neo Tech(TM) families. The typefaces can be viewed and purchased from www.fonts.com/new.

"Monotype fonts reflect a variety of styles, periods and applications," said Allan Haley, director of words and letters at Agfa Monotype. "This particular grouping of releases, however, looks to the future. Sebastian Lester's ideas for the Neo series grew from a forward-thinking design brief. Rod McDonald's Smart Sans family is as current as tomorrow, even as the typeface pays homage to one of Canada's great pioneers of the typographic arts."

“This particular grouping of releases, however, looks to the future. Sebastian Lester's ideas for the Neo series grew from a forward-thinking design brief. Rod McDonald's Smart Sans family is as current as tomorrow, even as the typeface pays homage to one of Canada's great pioneers of the typographic arts.”

McDonald drew Smart Sans as a tribute to the late Sam Smart, a Canadian typographer who helped establish the first Type Directors Club in Toronto. The bold, compressed, sans serif design is available in three weights, all suited for setting headlines and display copy. Smart Sans is available in the PostScript(R) format for Macintosh(R) platforms and in both PostScript and TrueType(R) formats for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) systems. The Smart Sans family is available for $126. Individual fonts sell for $42.

Designed by Agfa Monotype's Sebastian Lester, Neo Sans and Neo Tech were born from a custom design project that was cancelled in its early stages. Lester then developed his initial sketches into the two Neo typeface families. Lester described the finished designs as "legible without being neutral, nuanced without being fussy, and expressive without being distracting." While the families share a similar structure, the single-storied 'a' and 'g' and generally more rounded character shapes give Neo Tech a "new Bauhaus" demeanor.

Neo Sans and Neo Tech are available in the PostScript format for Macintosh platforms and in the PostScript and TrueType formats for Windows systems. Both families are available for $450 each, and both include 12 fonts and 12 alternate designs. Individual fonts are available for $42. The Neo Complete Family Volume includes the Neo Sans and Neo Tech families and is available for $699.

In addition to purchasing from www.fonts.com, customers may order fonts and extended licensing packages by contacting Agfa Monotype at 1 800 424 8973, prompt three from the U.S. and Canada, or 0800 371242, prompt three from the UK. Customers from other countries may call 44 17 3776 5959.

About Fonts.com

As the Internet's most comprehensive and convenient place to preview, purchase and download fonts, Fonts.com offers single fonts, packages, family volumes and type libraries, including both the Monotype and ITC(R) libraries. Visitors are greeted with clear navigation and multiple search options in addition to articles, tips and techniques. Live customer care representatives are available to assist in identifying and selecting typefaces and to resolve technical issues. Fonts.com also provides information about Agfa Monotype's custom font services.

About Agfa Monotype

Agfa Monotype Corp. is a global supplier of fonts, font technologies, printer drivers and imaging technologies. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Agfa Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, based in Mortsel, Belgium, one of the world's leading imaging companies with sales of 4.215 billion euros in 2003. Information about Agfa Monotype and its products is available at www.agfamonotype.com, www.fonts.com and www.agfamonotype.co.uk. Information about Agfa is available at www.agfa.com.